G has been uninterested in nursing for almost a week. If he even bothers to latch on, he usually bites me. the only time he nurses well is motn. I offer after he wakes, after work, and before bed.
I've read that self-weaning at this age is rare, but he is so uninterested. Like, he'll look at my boob and laugh or try to squirm off my lap. If I try to make him stay, I get bit. He's been eating a lot of solids and is drinking wcm.
Is this a phase? He may be teething (already has 8, though). How long would you keep offering before stopping?
my DD weaned like this at 13 months. refused before bed one night, the next morning i offered and she stayed on for a couple of minutes. that night she refused, and then next morning nursed for a few minutes. the third night i didn't offer and she didn't ask. the following morning i didn't offer and she didn't ask. She was done. at about 14.5 months she was sick and made the sign for nursing but I told her the milk was all gone. she was fine with that explanation. i was happy with the way it ended-it was sudden, which caught me off guard, but EASY
DD did this around 13 months and I ended up figuring out that it was due to teething. She was cutting both of her top teeth. At the time, I really wanted to continue nursing, so I looked at all the tips and tricks on Kellymom to get her back on the breast and was eventually successful.
In retrospect, I think I could have considered letting her wean then and saved myself how difficult it was when I took the lead in weaning after she turned 2. So, if you think you're ready to wean, take this opportunity! If not, browse Kellymom for tips.
Honestly, if you are ready/ok with being done I'd go with it I really think it's so much easier to wean this way when they take the lead, even if it is due to teeth etc.
J weaned due to my pregnancy in much the same way. Just started refusing and after a few tries I just gave up. He was 15 mos and I was fine being done. I'm so glad I didn't have to force the issue (and beyond happy I didn't have to force it once the girls were born because no way could I have nursed 3).
I'm hoping the girls will naturally wean on their own because I'm dreading the idea of having to force it.
This was how AJ weaned himself-lots of biting and not being interested unless he was half asleep. So I cut any session that he wasn't half asleep for (at that point it was before nap and before bed) and kept first thing in the AM because he was still sleepy then. Once he started getting really bitey and uninterested for that too, I stopped completely. He was roughly 11.5 months when that happened. If you're ready to wean and feel he's eating enough solids/drinking enough WCM, go for it!
I'm watching this thread. L has been like this lately, for the past couple of weeks. He only nurses great, when it's bedtime and overnight. Otherwise during the day he is hardly interested unless its nap time. I used to nurse him before we leave in the morning but now I don't offer anymore after being turned down so many times.
At this point I am ok with him self-weaning. I'm happy to have made it this far and I would really like for him to wean himself versus me forcing it on him. Plus I'm only holding on for his sake, I'd really like to be able to go full throttle with a fitness program without worrying about the affects on my supply.
DS is weaning in much the same way. I feel like I'm forcing him to keep the morning session (the only time he nurses). I think I'm going to stop offering this weekend.
DD weaned at 13 months this way. I would try to nurse her and she would climb off my lap and walk away, lol. I wasn't going to fight it, since my goal had been 1 year and I was ready to be done BFing.
If you are okay with weaning, I would definitely take your DS's lead on this and not force it.
Dd weaned at 13 months. I had to fight her to nurse. Finally after me complaining to DH he said "why are you still doing this?" It sounds bad but truthfully I was just torturing myself and complaining. So I just stopped. She never asked for it.